Patents by Inventor Lee Erik Bartholomew Fisher

Lee Erik Bartholomew Fisher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240225860
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for stimulating asynchronous and stochastic neural activity in a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the methods are used to provide asynchronous and stochastic neural activity in a limb of a subject with an amputation of the limb, for example, in a method of controlling the prosthetic limb of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Beatrice Barra, Lee Erik Bartholomew Fisher, Marco Capogrosso, Ehsan Mirzakhalili, Scott Lempka
  • Patent number: 11433238
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of reducing phantom limb pain or diabetic neuropathy pain, and increasing prosthetic control, by stimulating dorsal spinal rootlets and/or lateral spinal cord adjacent to the dorsal rootlets, of sensory neurons innervating the limb with the phantom limb pain or diabetic neuropathy pain, or the prosthetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Lee Erik Bartholomew Fisher, Robert A. Gaunt, Douglas J. Weber
  • Publication number: 20210268268
    Abstract: Disclosed are highly compliant bioelectronic neural interface devices with hydrogel adhesion. Example devices include adhesion-promoting functional groups that facilitate enhanced electrical contact with the nerve without the need for continuous application of pressure. A transfer process may be used to fabricate the device using a sacrificial material (e.g., polyacrylic acid (PAA)) that has tunable solubility in aqueous media, helping avoid the need for harsher release chemicals that may affect the properties of the hydrogel. The transfer process also helps achieve electrode contacts that are flush with a surface of the device and facilitate more intimate contact with the nerve. A gradual change in Young's modulus from a stiff contact pad region to a more compliant electrode contact region may be achieved via a varied amount of an epoxy-based material (such as SU-8 ) and with silicone-based material (such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)) to encapsulate the device cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicants: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Charles C. HORN, Gutian Xiao, Christopher Bettinger, Gary Keith Redder, Xiao Chuan Ong, Wel˜Chen Huang, Lee Erik Bartholomew Fisher, Rob Gaunt
  • Publication number: 20200324113
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of reducing phantom limb pain or diabetic neuropathy pain, and increasing prosthetic control, by stimulating dorsal spinal rootlets and/or lateral spinal cord adjacent to the dorsal rootlets, of sensory neurons innervating the limb with the phantom limb pain or diabetic neuropathy pain, or the prosthetic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Lee Erik Bartholomew Fisher, Robert A. Gaunt, Douglas J. Weber